2010 Australian Senate election

2010 Australian Senate elections

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40 of the 76 seats in the Australian Senate 39 seats needed for a majority
First party Second party   Leader Eric Abetz Chris Evans Party Liberal/National Coalition Labor Leader since 3 May 2010 22 October 2004 Leader's seat Tasmania Western Australia Seats before 37 32 Seats won 18 15 Seats after 34 31 Seat change 3 1 Popular vote 4,871,871 4,469,734 Percentage 38.30% 35.13% Swing 1.47% 5.17%   Third party Fourth party   Leader Bob Brown John Madigan Party Greens DLP Leader since 28 November 2005 Leader's seat Tasmania Victoria (won seat) Seats before 5 0 Seats won 6 1 Seats after 9 1 Seat change 4 1 Popular vote 1,667,315 134,987 Percentage 13.11% 1.06% Swing 4.07% 0.14%
Senators elected in the 2010 federal election
Leader of the Senate before election Chris Evans Labor Elected Leader of the Senate Chris Evans Labor

The following tables show state-by-state results in the Australian Senate at the 2010 federal election. Senators total 34 Coalition, 31 Labor, nine Green, one Democratic Labor Party, and one independent, Nick Xenophon.^[1][2] New Senators took their places from 1 July 2011.